Abstract:

abstractStudies of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage have distinguished three
carriage patterns: persistent, intermittent, and noncarriage. The criteria
used to identify these carriage patterns have been inconsistent. In 1988
the S. aureus nasal carrier index, i.e.,

Abstract:

abstractAfter five patients were diagnosed with nosocomial invasive aspergillosis
caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus, a 14-month surveillance
program for pathogenic and nonpathogenic fungal conidia in the air within
and outside the University Hospital in Rott

Abstract:

abstractFour vaginal cotton swab specimens were obtained from each of 804 women
visiting the outpatient sexually transmitted disease clinic of the Erasmus
University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, for
validation of various forms of Trichomonas vag

Abstract:

abstractIn this study, we determined the efficacy of various dosing regimens for
erythromycin and azithromycin against four pneumococci with different
susceptibilities to penicillin in an in vitro pharmacokinetic model and in
a mouse peritonitis model. The MIC was 0.03

Abstract:

abstractFrom 1 January 1995 until 1 January 1996, we studied the molecular
epidemiology of blood isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS)
in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) of the Sophia Children's
Hospital (SCH; Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and the Wilhelmina C

Abstract:

abstractWe prospectively studied 156 patients with a diagnosis of
community-acquired pneumonia requiring admission. Several respiratory
specimens were obtained for the detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae by cell
culture and PCR. Three serum samples were obtained from each

Abstract:

abstractShort-sequence DNA repeat (SSR) loci can be identified in all eukaryotic
and many prokaryotic genomes. These loci harbor short or long stretches of
repeated nucleotide sequence motifs. DNA sequence motifs in a single locus
can be identical and/or heterogeneous.